Improvement in hat and clothes hooks



T. BOWERMAN'.

Improvement in Hat and Clothes Hooks.

N0 126 256 Patented April'3,0,1872.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR.

THOMAS BOWERMAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT AND CLOTHES HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,256, dated April 30, 1872.

- so that when open I) is supported in the position shown in'Fig. 3 by the butting of the hinge. Upon the back of a are pinsn, of steel, slender and sharp, that can, with ease, be pressed into wood-work f, and will hold the hook in the position shown in Fig. 3, and sustain a weight of clothing upon the hook at the lower end of at of from fifteen to twenty pounds, with hats or caps in addition upon the part b. In front, upon a, is asmall tube, 0, containing a spiral spring, forcing down the latch (I, that bythe catch 0 holds the part I) as a shield over the pins n, securely to the part a, when closed as in Fig. l.

What 1 claim is- As an article of manufacture, a pocket hat and clothes hook, composed of the parts a and b hinged together, the catch 6, and bolt 0, and rear pins n n, all as shown and described, as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS BOWERMAN.

Witnesses:

W. M. GOODING, EDWARD COLLVER. 

